New chapter! I'm finally molding this thing into the love triangle I have dreamed of for so long…sorry if Suman is a little out of character, but I'm trying my best. He didn't really come up much in the anime, so I don't even know what he's like. Enjoy~
"Target sighted." Suman, perched precariously atop the roof of the Dark Order, watched Mitsuko slowly leave the guild atop one of her butterflies. Suman was gifted with exemplary vision, so he didn't need binoculars to see that she was seeing her new 'boyfriend'. Suman had spent the entire night thinking of ways to catch the defiled, dirty thing that had stolen his crush away from him. He despised the man he hadn't even met yet, and didn't care to. He just wanted him gone.
Using one of his Innocence's tornados, he glided down from the roof like a bird with only one wing, landing heavily on the ground. Careful not to make many sounds, he silently followed Mitsuko as she left the Dark Order. He watched as she coasted through the air, high above the world, where Suman could only rocket ahead using a torrential (yet small) hurricane. He stayed quite low to the ground, in fear she would see him.
After hours and hours of merciless wind smashing against his face, as well as unknowing birds being disturbed form their flights because of him, Mitsuko alighted upon the ground at her destination. Dispersing the hurricane, he again stuck to his sneaky routine of jumping from behind tree to tree. Finally, he couldn't take it anymore. He knew what she was doing, and he was going to intervene.
Expertly leaping from the bushes, he acted as surprised as he could manage.
"Oh, Mitsuko! What a surprise, I didn't expect to see you here." Suman greeted, feeling awkward at her extremely surprised expression.
"Ah- Suman! What are you doing here?" Mitsuko asked, feeling quite and honestly stalked.
"I, uh, got a mission from Komui. Apparently there's, er, some Akuma activity around here." Suman fumbled for the right words; one wrong move and she would know about his shenanigans.
"Really? I don't think Komui would send someone to clear an area when he had already sent me." Mitsuko responded, doubt creeping into her tone.
"Ack! Well…maybe he just forgot! You know how Komui is! Always forgetting things…ha ha ha..." Suman knew he looked quite nervous and sweaty, but he would see this out to the end. He knew she liked him, and he would see to it that she would be freed from the dastardly fiend who had entrapped her!
"Well, since you're already here, you might as well come along…" Mitsuko sighed, walking along the dirt path. Suman tried to ignore her disappointed tone.
"Great! It's good to go in pairs, you know, in case one of us gets hurt." Suman said, trying to sound energetic and 'peppy'.
"Oh, I'm sure I'll be fine…" Mitsuko muttered, brushing an agitating lock of white hair from her face. She really wished Suman wasn't here; after all, she was meeting Tykki at the waterfall south of Adonis. Suman would freak out if he saw a Noah clansman.
"Hey, I wonder where those Akuma are?" Suman said, trying not to sound too condescending. He knew that there were no Akuma, and that this was just a visit to the secret guy. He would stop it. He would distract her.
"Well, if they're not here, then it must have been a false alarm." Mitsuko said, nonchalantly. She just wished Suman would decide this, and go. Suman was already one step ahead of her.
He had a plan, of course. There was no way she would just bring him to the mystery guy. There was an art of sneaking in this particular fix. He decided to roll his plan into action.
"Ack! I just got a transmission on my radio. Apparently, they want me back at the Dark Order." Suman lied, knowing she would buy it.
"Oh…well then, we'll have to hang out some other time." Mitsuko sighed, smiling in her mind. Perfect. After a quick goodbye, Suman rocketed off through the air, determined to get back to the Dark Order. This isn't exactly what happened. Landing about half a mile away, Suman started expertly sneaking again. He snuck so fast, he was already just 15 meters behind her. He was still going to at least find out who this was.
As Mitsuko made it into the forest clearing, a great and misty waterfall presented itself, rising up out of the ground like a giant tombstone. Water poured form the top, splashing down to the rocks below, a truly serene place to be. As Mitsuko alighted atop the giant, natural edifice, another person appeared from the bushes. A sigh of happy relief escaped Suman's lips; he had been right after all.
"Who was that earlier?" Tykki asked, looking belatedly at the bushes lining the base of the waterfall. "He was following you like a lost puppy all the way from the Dark Order."
"An exorcist friend of mine. He can be annoying sometimes, but he went back, so it's fine." Mitsuko said, sitting on one of the rocks dotted atop the giant rock. He smelt of honey and fresh bread today. Tykki knew fully well that the stalker was still watching. He didn't mind; after all, he wanted to make a point.
"I haven't seen you in a while. I was beginning to miss you." Tykki whispered, brushing his lips against her cheek. Mitsuko giggled lightly, leaning her face against his. She had missed him too, after all. He was very charming. He wrapped his arms around her, moving a little closer, earnest to scare the little exorcist off. He couldn't be with Mitsuko every moment of the day, so he had to be sure no one else was preying on her.
"Komui should let you out more often. He's keeping you like a dog on a leash." Tykki murmured, his voice dripping slowly and smoothly from his lips, like molasses. He leaned his forehead into her neck, enjoying the warmth of her soft, smooth skin. Although he had ensnared many, many women in the past, they were all but play things for Tykki. He would lead them along, dangling treats and kind words in front of their faces, making sure they were truly, and strongly infatuated with him. Then he'd break their hearts, one by one, just to see the pained and hurt looks on their faces. That was what he loved to do; break girls.
But Mitsuko was different. Not only was she like him, but she knew what it was like to be alienated. Although he was friends with all of his Noah family, none of them had the powers he had. They were all blatantly forward, charging ahead and destroying everything in their path. Suman liked to destroy from a distance, and these days, he barely wanted to do so anymore. He felt like he was changing, morphing into something else. Something kind. Mitsuko had done that for him. He liked it.
He loved the way Mitsuko would look so surprised to see him, although she knew all along that he would meet her there. She always knew he'd be with her any time she was outside the Dark Order, but she would still look surprised. He loved how she cared for her butterflies, instead of Tykki's way of bullying them around to do what he wanted. That was something else that had changed; he had found himself actually feeding his Tease human food, something he had never done since he had gotten them from the Earl. Sometimes he liked being kind, although he had always loved being malicious.
Lightly kissing her neck, he felt the pulse of her heart under her skin; the heart of a woman. He had ripped out the hearts of dozens of women, some just as kind as Mitsuko. He had felt the last beats make their way out of the balls of meat, slowly dying in his grasp. He tried not to think of such things when he was so close to her; he was always afraid of hurting her, whether it was intentional or not. It was quite easy to refrain himself, considering he had never once even wanted to hurt her since he'd met her.
Resting his cheek against Mitsuko's, Tykki grasped both of her hands, feeling the tingling of their portals making contact with each other, even through his gloved hands. He was happy to see her smile, because she had rarely done it when they had first met. Even if it was more than she used to, she had still only smiled when she would see him, then she'd be melancholy the rest of the day. Now she was smiling all the time.
Lightly kissing her all along the side of her face, he found himself doing what he did best. Teasing girls, just as his butterflies would 'tease' his opponents. He loved to tease the little things, to see them blush and squeal, all because he had said something. He loved that they would come back for more. He loved so many things about them, too many to count, but he had never actually loved any of them. Not one. Every single girl he had met was like an object to him, something he could take out and put away. He had never, ever really loved a woman in his entire existence. The fact filled him with sadness.
Although he was quite content with just touching her, feeling her skin against his for just a while longer, she seemed to have had enough. Giving a small 'tsk', she turned her head towards him, their lips pressed together in a passionate kiss. Surprised that she was the one to have done it, considering he was always the one to make the first move, he settled into the kiss, deepening it by turning his head. He knew the little spy in the bushes would be retching with disgust at the scene before him, but he didn't care. All that mattered in Tykki's world right now was Mitsuko, and the fact that he loved her.